Mad Eyed Screamer
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The reason for the low renewals is many fans waited to see who got elected onto the board before committing more money to the club. If a few of the old board had been re-elected it appears many would not have bought season tickets but just paid on the day or walked away.On the BBC sportsday page:
National League North club FC United of Manchester are hoping to put a troubled year behind them following the election of a new board. But there are still issues to resolve.
The club have admitted, commercially, their first year at their £6.3m home at St George’s Park was not a success. And now they have revealed season ticket sales are around 50% of the same point last summer.
As of Tuesday, the club had sold 664 adult season tickets, compared to 1,223 at the same stage 12 months ago. They had sold 120 junior season tickets compared to 232 at the same stage last year.
On top of that, Andy Walsh was still being paid a salary of £3000 a month while off sick until his 3 month notice was ran down which was the last day of June. Fans didn't want to feel their season ticket money was going into the pocket of a fellow Co owner who had really shafted them all.
So I suspect the figures will rise but there has been a lot of damage done and a lot of repairs needed between supporters and the board and financially they are in a perilous state.
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